Why can people bail out of jail?
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Bail is for **before** you’ve been convicted of the crime you’re accused of. In the eyes of the law you’re innocent.
Bail is a temporary release of the accused person before the trial. The decision to grant bail, and conditions on it, are dependent on a number of factors including the crime committed, the persons past record at honoring bail if any, how likely they seem to run, their links to the community and their financial means.
Barring a history of bail violations bail should normally only be outright denied in fairly extreme cases – eg mass shooters who get caught at the scene where everyone saw them do it. There’s an extreme public safety risk and the case against them is overwhelming.
One common aspect of bail is the person is to put down some sum of cash as a deposit they forfeit if the don’t show for trial.
Cashless bail is another concept where the idea is the person has enough links to the community they’re not going to start their entire life over rather than not turn up for trial on a normally low to moderate charge.
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